Balch Springs in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bennett Family Gardens

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1. Bennett Family Gardens Historic Texas Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Located within the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park cemetery, Bennett Family Gardens is the final resting place for many of eastern Dallas County's early settlers. Hiram Bennett (1796-1888) moved to Texas in 1845 with his family after receiving a land grant as part of the Peters Colony. Arriving with him were two adult sons, William Hardy Bennett (1825-1898) and James Madison Bennett (1821-1883), and their families.

Hardy Bennett, along with his wife, Sidney (Manning) Bennett (1827-1910), and their children, settled in what is now Mesquite. Bennett Family Cemetery was established when Hardy and Sidney lost their infant daughter, Terniece C. Bennett, in 1847. She was buried atop a small tree-covered knoll on the family farm, and the grounds were set aside for all of Hardy's descendants.

What started as a family burial ground soon extended to other Bennett family lines and neighbors. Among the burials are Citizens of the Republic of Texas, Civil War veterans and members of fraternal organizations, including Woodmen of the World. There are a number of primitive markers that are no longer legible and a few hand-carved stones.

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the early 1950s, Laurel Oaks Cemetery purchased the site and additional surrounding land and renamed the historic portion, Bennett Family Gardens. Laurel Oaks Cemetery continues to expand as a perpetual care cemetery in a beautiful park setting, serving families in Balch Springs, Mesquite, Dallas and communities in the surrounding area.

Marker is Property of the State of Texas

Erected 2020 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 22820.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 32° 44.484′ N, 96° 36.576′ W. Marker is in Balch Springs, Texas, in Dallas County. It can be reached from Lake June Road. This marker stands within Laurel Oaks Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12649 Lake June Road, Balch Springs TX 75180, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

Bennett Family Gardens with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by QuesterMark, November 5, 2022

2. Bennett Family Gardens with Marker

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Presbyterian Church of Mesquite (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mesquite Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); City Lake Park (approx. 1.6 miles away); Public Education in Mesquite (approx. 1.8 miles away); Holley-McWhorter-Greenhaw Families (approx. 1.8 miles away); Sam Bass Train Robbery (approx. 1.8 miles away); City of Mesquite (approx. 1.8 miles away); First Methodist Church of Mesquite (approx. 2 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2022, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 779 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2022, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.